Future Business Leaders

Future Business Leaders of America of Allegany High School attended the state conference at Hunt Valley on April 23-25, 2015. Students who had won at their regional level participated in state competitions, attended leadership workshops, listened to motivational speakers, and networked with other business leaders throughout the state.

Students placing in the top three in their respective events at the state level are eligible to represent Maryland in competition at the national level this summer in Chicago, Illinois. Allegany students who will represent Maryland include Thorne Lindsey, Insurance and Risk Management, and Carter Willetts, Business Calculations.

Additionally, Mrs. Tamarra Edwards, advisor to the Allegany High School chapter of FBLA, was selected as the “Outstanding Local Chapter Advisor 2014-2015” at the conference. Mrs. Edwards has been the advisor to FBLA for the past eleven years. She currently teaches Computer Concepts, Web Page Design I-II, and Finance at Allegany. She will join her students, Thorne and Carter, to represent Maryland this summer at the national FBLA conference.